A Budding Songwriter

So Sunday I got the scores for my songwriting assignment – 28.5 out of 30 – not bad. It’s so nerve wracking, though. One reviewer on the review team said, “I don’t understand it” (there’s always somebody like that), but the others really liked it.

This week I have to write a melody for last week’s lyrics, sing it, record it, and upload it. Yikes! At least it’s just a verse and a chorus. Next week we have to write an entire new song.

Of course, now that my ears are tuned into songs and how they are constructed, I’m becoming more critical. That happened when I first started writing fiction, too. So when I heard this song listening to the Southern Gospel station on SiriusXM, I really got into the lyrics but thought the melody and/or accompaniment didn’t deliver the power of the song. I would change it. 🙂

I especially love these lyrics:

But the teacher´s often silentWhile you’re in/ (During) the hardest testBut He´ll answer when It´s time with what is best

Sometimes God will answer – just like we prayedThen other times what´s on His mindIs a better plan, a another way, a greater yes.

So I have to ask myself, “Is music my greater yes?”

A Greater Yes

It starts with a desire, planted deep within your heartYou pray in faith, and wait for God to moveTime passes and you wonderDid He hear me when I called?Should I even have prayed that prayer at all

Chorus:You never pray a prayer, your Father will not answerHe can´t ignore His child´s earnest requestWhile you´re waiting and believingfor what you thought was bestTrust God if He says no…. You´re still BlessedThere must be a greater yes

Verse 2:There comes a time when child-like faithMust graduate to trustTrials come and you’re convinced you’re on your ownBut the teacher´s often silentWhile you’re in/ (During) the hardest testBut He´ll answer when It´s time with what is best

Bridge:Sometimes God will answer – just like we prayedThen other times what´s on His mindIs a better plan, a another way, a greater yes.

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"You make a walk in the park sound like the biggest adventure of all."

Grew up near Disneyland and the beach with a book in one hand and transistor radio in the other, writing family stories and fictional tales. Wrote my first song with a childhood friend, and we called ourselves the "Screamie Birds."